How long to wait for newly painted trailer?

[Carol Sundberg]

My guess is they're trying to put an old trailer into service but don't want to spend a lot of cash on it. They probably used cheap paint, most certainly not the kind of paint that should be used. We encountered this same scenario, but only with a skidsteer. The contractor brought it in for his scheduled appointment without telling us that he had it painted over the weekend. The paint was still tacky in some spots! He insisted we letter it despite all the reasons why we shouldn't. In the end, we lettered it to the best of our ability, peeled off some paint in the process (which we told him would happen), received payment (with a PITA fee included), & sent him on his way with absolutely no guarantee. Since then, he has been back for other projects but I keep forgetting to ask him what happened with the skidsteer. Either it's holding up to his satisfaction or it totally failed & he doesn't want to admit it.

 

[Function Graphics]

What do you do to prep/clean a vehicle with ceramic coating on it to apply new decals? Or is there nothing you can do with a ceramic coated vehicle?

Ceramic will have to be removed

 

[heyskull]

We recently added new side prints onto an old GRP faced trailer.
The previous graphics had been removed but the adhesive had not been removed.
It took a lot of time to clean this off and we installed the new prints the following day.
Sadly after a week the trailer was showing signs as if it had been recently painted under the prints.
We are on with removing the prints and after cleaning this will be reapplied after a month.
Hopefully this time it will work.

SC